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PETALING JAYA: Warisan is all set to launch itself as a national party and will adopt a multiracial approach in its policies, party president Shafie Apdal said today. He said many politicians from Peninsular Malaysia, including a few from…

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today allowed lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s appeal over the Malaysian Bar’s breach of its statutory duty. It also found lawyers Tommy Thomas and VC George liable for attempts to discuss his conduct as…

PETALING JAYA: The health ministry reported 69 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, according to its GitHub database. Of the total, 11 were classified as brought-in-dead. The death toll now stands at 28,062. As at 12am today, there were 92,246…

PETALING JAYA: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has shot back at opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who slammed him yesterday for threatening to “make life difficult” for those who refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Yesterday, Anwar…

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong has said he is ready to debate the cabotage policy with DAP’s Lim Guan Eng on November 2. In a Facebook post, Wee said he has been in contact with local television channel…

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) domestic passenger movement in September surged by 74 per cent from the preceding month, driven by the success of the Langkawi travel bubble and the progress of the National…

MELAKA (Oct 18): The Election Commission (EC) has set Nov 20 as polling day for the Melaka state election. Nomination day is Nov 8 and early polling will be held on Nov 16. This was announced by EC chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh at a…

TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Oct 18): Bitcoin hovered near a six-month high early on Monday on hopes that US regulators would soon allow cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETF) to trade, while global inflation worries also provided some support.…

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has allowed the temporary release of Najib Razak’s impounded passport to enable him to visit his daughter Nooryana Najwa, who is due to deliver her second baby soon in Singapore. A three-member bench chaired…

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): The ringgit opened unchanged against the US dollar on Monday amid quiet trading ahead of the public holiday on Tuesday. At 9 am, the local note stood at 4.1560/1605 versus the greenback from last Friday’s close of…